To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Transformers in the UK, Eddie Stobart has named one of their new trucks, Optimus Prime! It even has the Autobot insignia below the name on the cab! Head over to Tformers.com to check it out!
Transformers-themed pub could be Britain’s Best Home Bar
A Transformers-themed pub is in the running to be crowned Britain’s Best Home Bar, in a competition being run by Liberty Games. The winning bar, chosen… [more]
TFNation 2019 Transformers Convention Review
This last weekend saw yet another Transformers convention take over the Metropole Hilton, in Birmingham. These weekends have become a staple of my summer… [more]
Annual Transformers Forum Meet Tour
Every year, since 2011, the nerds from TheTF.Net forum (now a Facebook group, because running a forum proved too much like hard work) have met for a weekend… [more]
Our 2019 Forum Meet took place this weekend, in Cardiff
This weekend saw our annual forum meet being held in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. Each year we meet in a different town or city in the UK, alternating… [more]
Video Footage from Transforce in 2001
Almost 18 years ago (crikey, has it been that long?) we wrote a review of our visit to Transforce in August 2001. It was a seriously hot day, but a great… [more]
Sonic Convoy in Magazine Scan
The Transformers Image Board have revealed a scan from a new magazine showing Galaxy Force Sonic Convoy and Sky Lynx, the repaint of Flame Convoy. The image can be seen here.
Optimus Prime’s Plate is Missing!!
Some sad loser has taken the license plate from the Optimus Prime Truck display that Dreamworks has set up for the San Diego Comic-Con. If you find it and you are at SSCC, return it to the Dreamworks booth and claim a nice reward of some Hasbro Transformers toys, or if it is on Ebay, don’t buy it and report it in this thread at TransformersLive.
UPDATE Here’s an image of the plate. It says PRIME-1.
One more bit of DVD news..
This has been around for awhile, but for any of you who have not bought the Transformers series boxsets (the Metrodome ones), HMV Online have each set for £14.99, which means you can get the entire American G1 series for £60. Thats 98 episodes, interviews, convention footage and more for this low price.
Alternators Battle Ravage and Wheeljack in Italy
Alternators Battle Ravage and Wheeljack have been found in Italy, in European packaging (the one with 6 different languages). Hopefully these will be seen soon elsewhere in Europe.
Thanks to TF@TM for the heads up.
Orion Pax and …. Dion
E-Hobby have revealed that their exclusive repaint of the upcoming reissue of Wheelie (with Kup) will be called Dion. The listing can be seen here.
Cardboard Cutout Images
TheTransformers.Net have some exclusive images of the recently announced cardboard cutouts of Optimus Prime and Megatron, which can be seen here (4th post down). They were shown to people who attended Auto Assembly 2005 yesterday.
Cybertron Released Early In New Zealand
The release of Transformers Cybertron in New Zealand was apparently too early and Hasbro have stopped selling the line until June 18th, when the line will be released in NZ, US and Austrailia together.
The Cybertron cartoon is rumoured to start on 2nd July in USA on Cartoon Network. Expect the cartoon to start in the UK in September.
Release date for TFTM Widescreen and Japanese series
Big Bot’s earlier post about the August and September releases for Metrodome’s Transformers the Movie (Widescreen) and the Japanese series now have more concrete release dates.
Michael Bay Intervew
Michael Bay talks (unwillingly) about Transformers, and confirms that shooting begins in December.
